User talk:Freight House Restaurant

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December 2016
Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames which give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only yourself as an individual and which complies with our username policy or request a change of username. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of the username you choose. If your username does not represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. You may simply create a new account, but you may prefer to change your username to one that complies with our username policy, so that your past contributions are associated with your new username. If you would prefer to change your username, you may appeal this username block by adding the text at the bottom of your talk page. Thank you. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:19, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Also, in response to your question at User talk:Bedford
 * Just no. Wikipedia is not a marketing tool and article subjects are not in control of the content related to them.
 * The user you contacted has not been active in four months
 * They are also not an administrator so they couldn't have deleted the page themselves anyway.

Beeblebrox (talk) 22:21, 15 December 2016 (UTC)

Hi Beeblebrox, Would you offer us some suggestions how to resolve this matter? FB has created an unofficial business page for my restaurant based on the Wiki page that I identified yesterday and we were told by FB that they couldn't delete the unofficial page because it was pulling from WIKI as a source. I'm sure we're not the first business, could you offer some help? What should we do next?

I appreciate your time!

Sara Bradley Owner / Chef Freight House Restaurant Paducah, KY cell / (859)539-7496


 * I found two  pages on Facebook. Each looks like an official page for the restaraunt to me. The "unofficial page" bases it's content on the Wikipedia article Paducah Freight House, which is about the building the restaraunt is located in. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is therefore a subject of interest in a general encyclopedia. Helping you promote your business on social media is not in alignment with the purpose and goals of an encyclopedia, and is in fact explicitly not what Wikipedia is for.


 * All Wikipedia content is free to be re-used by anyone, including facebook, and we have no influence over their policies regarding their own pages.


 * So, my advice to you would be to be happy that facebook provides you with a free plaform for promotion, and that it shows up ahead of the page on the building in facebook search results. You could also post to the facebook page on the building with links to the facebook page on the restaraunt. In short, this is a facebook issue, not a Wikipedia issue. Hope that clarifies things for you. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:14, 16 December 2016 (UTC)